workshop; training course
to attack a routed enemy; to sink the boot into; to pour salt on a wound
to be sore; to be inflamed; to be bleary; to be dissipated; to be dissolute; to indulge in
whitebait; elver (young eel)
bad-feeling; disagreeable; unpleasant; revolting; gross; disgusting
length (of an animal); body length
to wind (of a road, etc.); to meander; to twist; to undulate; to surge; to swell
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
having an aptitude (for); having a talent (for)
natural virtue; personal virtue
salt pan (used for boiling seawater to make salt); cooking a fish inside a salt crust; candy made with a wrapping of sweetened rice flour (looking like a salt crust)
chapel; place of worship (esp. Christian); place of worship (esp. Buddhist and Shinto)
interview; oral examination
ceremonial hall (e.g. wedding, funeral); hall for ceremonies; place of ceremony
Japan Agricultural Cooperatives (JA)
apartment with one bedroom and a combined living room, dining room and kitchen
regional cuisine; local cuisine
traditional Okinawan folk music
recitation (of a poem); chanting; composition (of a poem); composed poem; classical Chinese poetry form; stress of sound in noh song
arbor; arbour; suffix forming the final part of the pseudonyms of some writers and performers; suffix forming the final part of the name of a restaurant
creative cookery; creative cuisine
uncomfortable; ill at ease; not feel at home
(for an object) to be shiny; to be glossy; (for a woman) to be alluring; to look sexy
nothing to sneeze at; pretty impressive
footprints; record of page visitors (e.g. in social networking sites)
to have a chat with; to exchange words or promises; to promise; to get engaged
accredited master (of a performing art); being famous; being popular; famous person
city hospital; municipal hospital
to have medicine be effective
transexual; gender swap (in fan fiction, etc.); genderswap; total station; tracking stock
striking (at something) and missing; swing and a miss; vain attempt